Tag: random-ramblings
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Employee Unappreciation Week
My last gig before retiring was with a midwestern bank. It was a great company, and I worked with a lot of great folks. One thing they were big on was appreciation – which I totally get. I’m big on focusing on the things I have to be appreciative about. It seemed like every couple…
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Five Not Great Super Powers
I’m not one to watch super hero movies. They’re just not my thing. I’ve seen a few over the years and get the idea, but it all seems so unrealistic. Kristen and I were discussing Spiderman this week, and if the guy was truly like a spider, we realized he should be shooting those webs…
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Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
I mentioned before that Kristen and I have hit a couple dozen national parks together, and Nico is rapidly building up his collection of parks too. It’s cliche, but we often take a picture of the park sign near the entrance. You can see from Nico’s face above, that he thinks it’s kind of a…
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What Six Songs are Hardest to Get Out of Your Head?
I am a truly atrocious singer. But I do really love music – almost all kinds of music. I’m also struck by how some songs just stick in your head and are hard to shake. Some of those songs are great, and some leave you ready to self-lobotomize to try to end the pain. Anyway,…
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The Five Best Muppet Side Characters
Amazingly, my last job let me get away with things that I really didn’t figure I could get away with. At one point, I even did a presentation to a conference of their sales folks where I explained what application programming interfaces (APIs) were with the help of a bunch of muppets. It even included…
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Five Interesting Things About Being Old Enough to Retire
I am wrapping up my career this Friday. I’m super excited to retire but I will say, I found a lot about my job to be fun – I got to work with some really wonderful folks. The other day, I sent out an email to a bunch of them to say goodbye, and I…
Where’s Nico? 